I think you're kind of right, that it's a good time to be a home-cooking writer, but people going through traditional publishing might not agree.

I'm in a slump at the moment - the end of last year got pretty hairy irl, and I think my productivity has taken a hit - but there's a couple of comics written by me with homes - one in Stacey Whittle's imminent "Into The Woods", and another placed with Orangutan's FLT anthology.

One of the reasons I'm in a slump is I'm attempting to pull together a collection (or two) out of my work at Elephant Words - those are all here. It turns out I'm a bit too OCD to pick through the 150+ pieces, but I'm getting there.

I've did it. I've published the first issue of my debut comic No More Heroes. Hopefully it'll be received well and picked up by a publisher. Maybe it'll die on its arse. Only one way to find out!

Here's the teaser for it:

If you go to its official website you'll find the first ten pages available to read for FREE. So please check it out and, if you like, pick up the whole issue. More importantly, if you could please tell any comics reading friends you have who might like it to check it out I would really appreciate it. I sold my collection of Playstation games to pay the art team - please don't let that painful sacrifice be for nothing. :)

I don't tend to make New Year's resolutions, but to focus my publications I made a list of five places I wanted to get work into before the end of the year. Last week I had my short story, Spark, accepted for Jabberwocky Magazine, one of the mags on the list, so very chuffed at the moment.

Having just seen this last night I've slammed out a quick flash fiction piece and fired it off in your direction. Also just discovered a new writer I like, Mandy Taggart, after reading her story, Obsidian in the first issue of the UK edition, so thanks for that. I'm currently hunting down her various shorts and marvelling at the fact she doesn't have a website of her own.

@ Ben Gwalchmai - Thanks for this, I'd completely forgotten this was happening and would have missed out if it wasn't for your reminder. I've just submitted two pieces with comedic twists, which is rather unusual for me.

Had a breakthrough this morning. Got some inspiration for my fifth bedsit story.

Also completed the first draft edit on my current short story. It's the first time I've printed out and pencil edited, but it has helped a lot, giving me a bit of clarity and overview I don't always get when I read off the screen. A very successful morning!

2) ASHCANS - this is sort of the DVD extras to the graphic trade paperback my partner and I put out last month. It's part bio, part how-to, part awesome sequential art. Not free, but by no means expensive.